Here are videos and images from the #occupywallstreet demonstrations which began in the financial district of NYC on Sept 17.

Demonstrators are protesting a financial and political system wherein those with the most power and wealth secure these to themselves through crooked politics, monetary manipulation, police and military hegemony, and exploitation of the poor and marginalized.

Most of this video was taken during what might be considered a police riot that occurred on Saturday, Sept 24, 2011. The demonstrators were marching peacefully from Liberty Plaza in the financial district to Union Square on 14th street. Violence erupted as police tried to (violently) pacify the crowd.

I did not shoot any of the video myself, I found it all on youtube. I've curated them in such a way that they tell the story of what happened when peaceful demonstrators in NYC were confronted by NYPD (or perhaps it's NYPD that was confronted by a radical movement of peace?)

I've been camping at Liberty Plaza (formerly known as Zuccotti Park) since Saturday night. It has been pretty epic and I will definitely report a whole lot more on it in due time. For now, please enjoy this song I've written, an anthem to the movement we are building in the financial district of NYC. Peace!